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<blockquote data-quote="Deinos" data-source="post: 5229305" data-attributes="member: 74998">Actually, the arrow of time theory is a good example of this sort of conflict. Entropy forces time to move in one direction, in general and from our perspective, but its a massive leap of faith to assume this is true everywhere ever. In particular, string theory and its required 10-11 dimensions and such rather suggest we could be looking at a very limited portion of the big picture like the denizens of Flatland, and other branes could likewise be completely different.&nbsp;In particular, we know that the D&amp;D and IH setting is not comprised of closed universes, and that many actual creatures are not closed systems themselves... undead, golems, and planar beings, all of who don't seem to observe the second law of thermodynamics, are indeed drawing power from a higher (or lower) dimension.&nbsp;So its not &quot;the&quot; hard science perspective, its only &quot;a&quot; scientific theory.&nbsp;&nbsp;Wouldn't you still be able to have A) reincarnation, B) undeads, C) atheist elemental incarnation, and D) incarnation into Cthulhuville for people who worshiped no god but believed in a higher power? &nbsp;I don't really understand how the six dimensional mastery features a First One can choose between relate to their portfolio equivalents or lack thereof; like Entropy and Time have portfolio equivalents, but I don't know if dimensional mastery of Entropy or Time has anything to do with having their portfolios.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deinos, post: 5229305, member: 74998"] Actually, the arrow of time theory is a good example of this sort of conflict. Entropy forces time to move in one direction, [I]in general and from our perspective[/I], but its a massive leap of faith to assume this is true everywhere ever. In particular, string theory and its required 10-11 dimensions and such rather suggest we could be looking at a very limited portion of the big picture like the denizens of Flatland, and other branes could likewise be completely different. In particular, we [I]know[/I] that the D&D and IH setting is not comprised of closed universes, and that many actual creatures are not closed systems themselves... undead, golems, and planar beings, all of who don't seem to observe the second law of thermodynamics, are indeed drawing power from a higher (or lower) dimension. So its not "the" hard science perspective, its only "a" scientific theory. Wouldn't you still be able to have A) reincarnation, B) undeads, C) atheist elemental incarnation, and D) incarnation into Cthulhuville for people who worshiped no god but believed in a higher power? I don't really understand how the six dimensional mastery features a First One can choose between relate to their portfolio equivalents or lack thereof; like Entropy and Time have portfolio equivalents, but I don't know if dimensional mastery of Entropy or Time has anything to do with having their portfolios. [/QUOTE]

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